Dodge Ram Complaints (1995)

1,219 consumer complaints on file.

#889812June 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO BRAKE.PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE HAD TO SWERVE AND RUN INTO A SMALL DITCH TO AVOID A COLLISON. DEALER STATED THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. INNER AND OUTER ROTORS WERE CASTING IN ONE PIECE.*AK ONE OF THE ROTORS SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS, AND THE OTHER ROTOR RUSTED. BOTH WERE REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746312June 2, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
AFTER ELEC. INGNITION HARNESS REPLACED UNDER RECALL VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL RELATED FALIURES. HEADLIGHT SWITCH MELTED IN DASH 2X'S CAUSING SMOKE AND OR FIRE CONDITION. A/C FAILURE, NO POWER TO COMPRESSOR. BUCKING, MISSING, HESITATION AT IDLE AND ALL SPEEDS. BUCK, MISS, HESISTATION CAN NOT BE DIAGNOISED BY NUMEROUS DEALERS OR PRIVATE MECHANICS. HAVE SPENT OVER 1700.00 REPLACING PARTS (PCM, EGR SELONOID, EGR GASKET, TPS SENSOR, IAT MOTOR, O2 SENSOR, FUEL PUMP, FUEL REGULATOR) TO REMEDY PROBLEM. SO FAR NO HELP. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889242May 29, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 55 MPH A MERCEDES BENZ SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO AVOID SOMETHING IN THE ROAD, CONSUMER ALSO PRESSED ON BRAKES, AND WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER DRIVER. CONSUMER SLAMMED INTO MERCEDES BENZ, AND NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, AIRBAG LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON AND OFF/ ON AND OFF. *AK *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889252May 29, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
40 AMP FUSE HAS BLOWN TWICE, AND JUST RECENTLY BLEWOUT A THIRD TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889169May 25, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
40 AMP FUSE HAS BLOWN OUT TWICE, WHEN THIS HAPPENED CONSUEMR COULD NOT START VEHICLE. DEALER COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561306May 22, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION (00V135000) CONSUMER EXPERIENCED STALLING, INTERMITTENT FAN MOTOR FAILURE AND PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIO, WHICH ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE IGNITION SWITCH BEING FAULTY AND THEREFORE WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745519May 19, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE LISTED ITEM FAILED AND CAUSED THE THROTTLE TO STICK,I CONTACTED THE FACTORY, THE DEALER AND NHTSA AND WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THAT AFFECTED THIS PART:CAMPAIGN NUMBER: O1V037000.THIS IS A 1995 DIESEL PICKUP AND IS THE EXACT SAME DEFECT AS DESCRIBED IN THIS CAMPAIGN NUMBER AND CAUSED ME TO SPEND OVER $350 TO REPAIR AT THE DEALER NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY FACTOR INVOLVED WHEN MY THROTTLE STUCK OPEN AT SPEED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888523May 17, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:FRONT
REAR BRAKES WERE DEFECTIVE. WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION HE WAS HAVING FRONT END PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888545May 17, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AT 85,000 MILES CRANKSHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 10,000 MILES. ALL REPAIRS WERE DONE BY VARIOUS INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745054May 8, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS. REBUILT ONCE 1 YEAR BEFORE TOTAL FAILURE. DODGE DEALER ADMITS THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT WHEN THEY CONTACTED DODGE CORP, THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE FOR ANY PART OF THE COST. TRANSMISSIONS DO NOT COMPLETELY FAIL THAT EARLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT HAD BEEN SERVICED 11 MONTHS BEFORE FAILURE. THIS TRANSMISSION IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AND IN GOING INTO OTHER WEB SIGHTS ( LEMON-AID) WE FIND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THIS HAPPENED TO. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE DODGE ADMIT THERE'S A PROBLEM, AND REIMBURSE US AND OTHERS WHO HAD TO PAY $4000.00 TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION AT SUCH AN EARLY STAGE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887590May 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE DRIVING 40-45 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO FOUND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE ROTORS HAD SPLIT IN HALF. DODGE CLAIMED THIS WAS DUE TO SALT CORROSION. DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT ROTORS.*AK CONSUMER STATES BRAKES HAD PULSATED SLIGHTLY FOR A FEW DAYS, BUT WORKED PROPERLY WITH NO PULL TO EITHER SIDE, ROTOR SPLIT WHILE GOING DOWNHILL WITH A 90 DEGREE RIGHT TURN AT THE BOTTOM, LUCKILY CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DOWNSHIFT ENOUGH TO MAKE THE CORNER. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887130April 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 AND WHEN ENGINE STARTED SMOKING CONSUMER DROVE OFF ROAD. THEN, FOUND OUT THAT TRANSMISSION OIL WAS ALL OVER ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS ON THE PLASTIC TRANSMISSION LINES. *AK THE TRANSMISSION FAILED PRMATURELY, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887169April 30, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHILE DRIVING HOOD LATCH RELEASED, CAUSING HOOD TO FLIP UP, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886620April 24, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL WILL GET STUCK AND WILL NOT DISENGAGE WHEN TRAVLING AT HIGH SPEEDS. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALERSHIP YET.*AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN HE REPLACED THE FRAYED THROTTLE CABLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS ALSO BADLY FRAYED, WHICH HAD BEEN CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL TO STICK AT HIGH WAY SPEEDS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886623April 24, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
CONSUMER HAS A STICK SHIFT, AND DRIVING THROUGH TRAFFIC ONE DAY THROTTLE WOULDN'T RETURN. AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO RECALL. CONSUMER PURCHASED A NEW THROTTLE AND PUT IT ON. CONSUMER LOCATED RECALL 01V037000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 97, )AND CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK CONSUMER STATES UPON REPLACING THE CABLE FOR THE THROTTLE, IT WAS CLEARLY EVIDENT THAT THE CABLE WAS BADLY FRAYED AND GOT CAUGHT ON THE RUBBER TUBE AND CAUSED AN OPEN STUCK THROTTLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886632April 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING UPHILL AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST 5TH GEAR, AND BEGAN LOSING SPEED. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A NUT THAT HELD TRANSMISSION IN 5TH GEAR, BUT THIS NUT HAD FALLEN OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886522April 23, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
A PLASTIC COMPONENT THAT IS FOUND IN THE THROTTLE CONTROL FELL OUT OF ITS PLASTIC SLEEVE, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHILE TRAVELING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHILE PULLING A 29' TRAILER. DEALERSHIP REPLACED PLASTIC COMPONENT AND SLEEVE WITH NEWER GENERATION COMPONENTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744243April 19, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PROBLEMS GOING INTO REVERSE,AND SHIFTING UP FROM 1ST GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886110April 17, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40-45 MPH HOOD FLEW OPEN, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. HINGE ON HOOD BROKE. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT NO DATE GIVEN YET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886158April 17, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE THAT WAS COMING FROM ENGINE. THEN, FOUND OUT THAT RADIATOR FAN WAS BROKEN, PARTS FLEW INSIDE OF ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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